Looking for YA title, in the horror genre
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FROM: "DEBORAH STEVENS" <[removed]@peoplepc.com>
REC'D: 1/22/04, 2:28 PM
I'm a little nervous - this is the first time I have
posted to this list!
I have a customer who is looking for a book. She
doesn't know the title or the author's name, just that
the cover has an 'N' on it.
She remembers the plot centering around a teenaged girl
who goes to live with her father after her mother moves
to Italy with her boyfriend. Apparently, then, she
encounters a stranger who changes her life.
She also told me that the book was a horror novel.
I apologize for the sketchiness of the request. I have
looked in our database and in 'What Do I Read Next?'
And I know that this plot could easily resemble
hundreds just like it - sorry!
Thanks in advance,
Debbie from Memphis
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FROM: "Corrigan, Kathie" <[removed]@ILSOS.NET>
REC'D: 1/22/04, 2:50 PM
Could this be it?
Author: Hahn, Mary Downing.
Title: Look for me by moonlight [sound recording] / Mary
Downing Hahn.
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : NLS, 1997. (APH, recording
agency. APH, distributor.)
Description: 1 sound cassette (C-90) : analog, 15/16 ips, 4
track, mono.
Book Number: RC 42295
Dewey No.: 813.54
ISBN: 039569843X
Notes: Availability restricted to those meeting the
eligibility criteria of the holding agency.
Narrated by Jill Fox.
Sixteen-year-old Cynda travels to Maine to live
with her father, stepmother, and young half-brother while her
mother and stepfather take an extended trip to Italy. At
first Cynda is spooked by her father's inn, which is rumored
to be haunted, but when handsome poet Vincent Morthanos
appears for a long stay, Cynda falls in love. By the time she
realizes Vincent is evil, he has already gained power over
the entire family. For junior and senior high readers.
Female narrator. NLS/BPH
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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of DEBORAH STEVENS
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:23 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Looking for YA title, in the horror genre
Hello, Fiction_L --
I'm a little nervous - this is the first time I have
posted to this list!
I have a customer who is looking for a book. She
doesn't know the title or the author's name, just that
the cover has an 'N' on it.
She remembers the plot centering around a teenaged girl
who goes to live with her father after her mother moves
to Italy with her boyfriend. Apparently, then, she
encounters a stranger who changes her life.
She also told me that the book was a horror novel.
I apologize for the sketchiness of the request. I have
looked in our database and in 'What Do I Read Next?'
And I know that this plot could easily resemble
hundreds just like it - sorry!
Thanks in advance,
Debbie from Memphis
________________________________________________
PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart.
http://www.peoplepc.com
FROM: David Wright <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 1/22/04, 3:02 PM
School Library Journal Review: Gr 6-9--A vampire
story with all the formulaic trappings of Gothic
romance. Rebellious and hostile, Cynda refuses to
accompany her mother and stepfather to Italy, so
she goes to spend a six-month trial visit with
her father, young stepmother, and half-brother at
an old inn on the winter-desolate Maine coast.
She learns the dark history of her new home,
which is reported to be haunted by the ghost of a
former innkeeper's daughter, who was murdered,
drained of blood, and tossed into the ocean in
the 1930s. Will, the housekeeper's grandson,
fleetingly wins Cynda's attention until a
mysterious, tall, dark, and drop-dead handsome
stranger appears in a silver Porsche bathed in
moonlight during a blizzard. Vincent, sexy and
poetic, jokes with her that he is 30 years old,
give or take a few centuries. He quickly
insinuates himself into the inn's routine,
charming everyone, especially Cynda, who feels
like an outsider in her father's new family. Only
the child Todd fears and distrusts Vincent. When
the vampire turns his attention to the boy and
sucks his blood, Cynda fights back to save him.
The novel's aura of romance and suspense, coupled
with images of Bess, the landlord's daughter from
"The Highwayman," elevate the prose somewhat and
help sustain reader attention and interest. But
like Cynda's crush on Vincent, the narrative is
predictable. The happy ending is disappointing;
could a weakened vampire's thrall so easily
overcome her centuries-old despoiler? In most
vampire stories, evil demons usually fight to the
death, taking a few innocents with them. Though a
step up from "Fear Street" and other horror
novels, this book lacks the gripping, palpable
action and poignant emotion of Annette Curtis
Klause's The Silver Kiss (Delacorte, 1990) or
Margaret Mahy's The Changeover (McElderry, 1984).
In Look For Me by Moonlight, it is the easy
seduction of a teen who is a victim of her own
insecurities that rings most true.--Alice Casey
Smith, Monmouth County Library Headquarters,
Manalapan, NJ
--- DEBORAH STEVENS <[removed]@peoplepc.com>
wrote:
> Hello, Fiction_L --
>
> I'm a little nervous - this is the first time I
> have
> posted to this list!
>
> I have a customer who is looking for a book.
> She
> doesn't know the title or the author's name,
> just that
> the cover has an 'N' on it.
>
> She remembers the plot centering around a
> teenaged girl
> who goes to live with her father after her
> mother moves
> to Italy with her boyfriend. Apparently, then,
> she
> encounters a stranger who changes her life.
>
> She also told me that the book was a horror
> novel.
>
> I apologize for the sketchiness of the request.
> I have
> looked in our database and in 'What Do I Read
> Next?'
> And I know that this plot could easily resemble
> hundreds just like it - sorry!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Debbie from Memphis
>
>
________________________________________________
> PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just
> smart.
> http://www.peoplepc.com
>
>
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FROM: "DEBORAH STEVENS" <[removed]@peoplepc.com>
REC'D: 1/27/04, 5:11 PM
I was able to find the book for my very happy customer.
Thank you again --
Debbie from Memphis
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